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Dr. Andrew Austin |
Office Phone:
465-2359 |
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Democracy and Justice Studies |
Messages: 465-2355 |
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Office Hours: MW
11-12:00; TTH 2-3:00 |
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Office:
MAC Hall 326A |
Email: austina@uwgb.edu |
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Web page: http://www.uwgb.edu/austina |
Course email: C3730-sp12@uwgb.edu |
COMM SCI 301—spring 2012 FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
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Topics |
Readings
and Assignments |
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Week 1 January
24-26 |
Syllabus
Reading |
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The
Character of Human Inquiry |
Babbie,
Ch. 1. |
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Week 2 Jan
31-Februrary 2 |
Paradigm,
Theory, and Research |
Babbie,
Ch. 2. |
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Week 3 February
7-9 |
The Divisions of Knowledge |
Prospectus
due 4:30 pm Friday, February 10. |
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Week 4 February
14-16 |
Politics
and Science |
Online:
Diesing, Harding, Wallerstein. |
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Research
Ethics |
Babbie,
Ch. 3. |
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Week 5 February
21-23 |
Ethnography |
Babbie,
Ch. 10. Online reading: Humphries. |
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Week 6 Feb 28
March 1 |
Unobtrusive
Measures |
Babbie,
Ch. 11. Online reading: Skocpol. |
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Week 7 March 6-8 |
Qualitative
Data Analysis |
Babbie,
Ch. 13. |
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Midterm
exam on Thursday |
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Week 8 March
13-15 |
Spring Break |
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Week 9 March
20-22 |
Research
Design and Experiments |
Babbie,
Ch. 4 and 8. |
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Week 10 March
27-29 |
Conceptualization,
Operationalization, and Measurement |
Babbie
Ch. 5. Online reading: Gould. |
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Week 11 April 3-5 |
Indexes, Scales, and Typologies |
Babbie, Ch. 6. |
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Week 12 April
10-12 |
Probability,
Sampling |
Babbie,
Ch. 7. |
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Week 13 April
17-19 |
Survey
Research and Evaluation |
Babbie,
Ch. 9 and 12. |
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Proposal
due 4:30 pm Wednesday, April 18. |
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Week 14 April
24-26 |
Quantitative Data Analysis |
Babbie,
Ch. 14. Online reading: Gottfredson and Hirschi. |
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Ethnographic
experience project due 4:30 pm Wednesday, April 25. |
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Week 14 May 1-3 |
Overflow
and Review
(time permitting) |
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Tues, May 8, 10:30 |
Final exam |
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